Zions Bank kicked off National Teach Children to Save Day by visiting a group of Madeleine Choir School Kindergarten students to talk about smart finances. Rob Brough, Executive Vice President of Zions Bank, says he started with the basics of money, like the value of coins, and then explained the concepts of saving, spending and giving back.
Utah Democrats avoided primary elections in nearly all their big races at the state convention held Saturday. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the U.S. Senate race pitted two candidates who have both run against longtime incumbent Orrin Hatch in the past against each other at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
TRAX and bus riders should be aware of changes to system routes tomorrow in anticipation of the Salt Lake City Marathon. The Red Line to the University of Utah will be shut down across State Street during the race from approximately 7 A.M. to 1 P.M. UTA Spokesman Gerry Carpenter says it will still run from daybreak into downtown, but will continue to the Salt Lake Central Station instead of the university.
The only Democrat in the race for Utah governor this year has chosen the son of a former governor as his running mate. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Vince Rampton says he can’t fill his father’s shoes, but it’s not a bad idea.
Summer is officially on its way in Salt Lake City and that means people are gearing up for traditional summer festivities. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, event planners are announcing lineups and selling tickets for the city’s most popular summer attractions.
Today is Equal Pay Day across America, a day recognizing an ongoing wage gap among men and women in the U.S. And as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Utah has the 3rd largest pay disparity in the country.
The Salt Lake City Police Department’s website is back online after a security breach that prompted a shutdown. In January, the activist group Anonymous took credit for the attack on SLCPD.com, saying it was in response to an anti-graffiti bill in the legislature.
Nearly a hundred people filled a room at the Weber County Main Library in Ogden last night to support Mathew David Stewart, the Ogden man who faces the death penalty after he shot and killed a police officer and wounded five others during a January drug raid at his home. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, supporters say the tragedy is a result of violent drug policies and aggressive law enforcement tactics that need to change.
A local initiative decrying corporate personhood is gaining traction. Thousands of Salt Lake City residents have signed the Move to Amend petition, calling for a ballot initiative this November that would ask state and federal officials to uphold that money is not speech, and that only humans have constitutional rights.
Two Utah State Office of Education employees have resigned after officials identified a miscalculation in next year’s education budget that resulted in a $25 million gap. State Superintendent Larry Shumway says the error goes back to November on a spreadsheet formula used to calculate Utah’s minimum school program funding. He says it was a simple mistake, but one that was questioned multiple times during the appropriations process.
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